Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885.

by Episcopal Church. Diocese of Connecticut

CENTENARY OF BISHOP SEABURY'S RETURN:

Diocesan Convention, 1885,
Bishop Williams's Sermon,
Service at Middletown, August 3, 1885,
Bishop Williams's Address,
Dr. Beardsley's Historical Sketch,

APPENDIX—COMMEMORATION AT ABERDEEN, 1884:

Bishop Williams's Sermon,
Presentation of Paten and Chalice,
Presentation of Address and Reply,
Presentation of Pastoral Staff,
Dr. Beardsley's Address,
Address from St. Andrew's Church,

DEUS, AURIBUS NOSTRIS AUDIVIMUS, PATRES NOSTRI ANNUNTIAVERUNT NOBIS, OPUS QUOD OPERATUS ES IN DIEBUS EORUM, ET IN DIEBUS ANTIQUIS.

PREFATORY NOTE.

In his address to the Diocesan Convention of 1881, Bishop Williams suggested the appointment of a committee to provide for the appropriate commemoration of the centenary of the election of the first Bishop of Connecticut in the last week of March, 1783. On motion of the Rev. Dr. Beardsley, this suggestion was referred to a committee of three clergymen and two laymen, with the Bishop as chairman. The Bishop appointed on the committee the Rev. Dr. Beardsley, the Rev. Samuel F. Jarvis, the Rev. Samuel Hart, the Hon. F. J. Kingsbury, and the Hon, H. B. Harrison.

At the Convention of 1882, on recommendation of this committee, the following resolutions were adopted:

Resolved, That the Bishop be requested to set forth a special thanksgiving to be used throughout the Diocese on the one- hundredth anniversary of the election of Bishop Seabury, March 25th, 1883, being Easter-Day and also the Festival of the Annunciation. Resolved, That a memorial service, with addresses, be held in St. Paul's Church, Woodbury, on Tuesday in Easter-week, March 27th, 1883, for which the Bishop be desired to make the necessary arrangements.

Resolved, That the Bishop be further requested to provide for a commemorative service with an historical discourse at the opening of the Annual Convention of 1883.